They could make this work. If it was more comical and if it was a "theme-park" type atmosphere, with bunch of rides, gift shops and restaurants, and not just some crazy Trekkie hang-out I'd go. I mean who doesn't like a theme park? The price would have to be competitive and I'd wait a good year after it opened for things to calm down. But as a theme-park enthusiast I would make the trip.

This project would have definitely drawn me Las Vegas for a visit, perhaps even as a place to relocate to. As it is, that is a city I have never seen since gambling has no attraction to me. I'm not really a Trekker, but I did find the show visionary. It seems the folks behind this project were visionary as well, but in the end Paramount did not want a permanant monument as a reminder to everyone if it flopped. That's not visionary at all and shows a complete disconect from human aspiration.

I would think it would have been more of an attraction before the Star Trek Experience closed down. I'm not a Trekkie but I am a sci-fi fan so we went to that. The most amusing thing by far was the huge, very in character and very funny Klingon chatting up customers in Quark's bar and grille. That and the Romulan Ale the guys drank that turned their pee bright blue.

Yes, I would go. I visited the Experience exhibit in Vegas twice. I'd be into visiting a similar exhibit. And yes, I also had fun hanging out at Quark's bar, and talking with the Klingon, the Ferengi, and the Borg drone.

@gt0163c: We have a timeshare in Vegas, and have gotten pretty burned out on the place, as we don't gamble and don't drink much. So it would be cool if there was something like that new to visit. As is is we are waiting for Cirque to change its shows. I'm actually familiar with the "trekkie" vs "trekker" thing, but it's been many years since I heard "trekker" and figured it had died down. I attend SF, gaming and anime cons but not Trek stuff so I am not in the loop on the current politically correct Trekinology.

I like Star Trek and all, but no I would not go just for that. Although if I was going to get to see the USS Enterprise. I would want it to be the very 1st ship. I'm not a gambler either, so that would not get me there either.

First off let me say YES, YES, a thousand times YES!
now that that's out of my system...
while the purist in me says it should be the original constitution class TOS ship, complete with the, as Gene Roddenberry put it, "Des Moines Holiday Inn Style" corridors.
to make it more commercially viable though I would suggest Full Scale Galaxy Class Enterprise D (TNG). Now THAT would make a heck of a Hotel.

@moondrake and @gt0163c: I have to confess that I really don't know whether Trekker or Trekkie is more PC these days. I just wanted to rag on you folks. But I would like to contact the folks at Websters and recommend that the word "Trekinology" be added to the next edition of the dictionary!

I'm sure I would have gone to check it out at least once. But like with every other attraction in Vegas, there's a law of diminishing returns. You get a big turnout at first, then a little less the next year, then less the year after that until what was once "new and exciting" becomes "old and stale".

The author of the article said that the Fremont Street Experience revitalized downtown Vegas for about five years. I don't think that a $150 million Enterprise, catering to more of a niche audience, would have done any better.

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